Insect-destroyer.



F. PFEIFFER, Sn. INsEcT DESTRQYER.

MLICATION FILED OCT- 5 |1913'v 1,286,763. i Patented Dec. 3,1918.

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IN VE N TOR A TOHNEYS F. PFEIFFER, Sn.

' msic DESTROYER.

APPLICATIUN FILED OCT. l5, 191B.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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'- Beit `know-n that LL FREDERICKA PFEIFFER,

ence to appliances 'or Containers adapted to hold either 4a poison'jor aviseousoomposivtion y'for lholding*the"insectsl until they aredestroyed-byburning ofthe like.

Afu-ithergbjeet "of, the inventionY is lto provide `a Container or'fholderv in a 'peculiar `or novel form but' made ofteheap qualityof'pa'per or the like fortlie purpose of de- 'stioying the same andsubstituting a `fresh supply when beeoming 'charged v with inseets. 1

With vthe 'foregoing and-other objects in View 'the invention consistsin'the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described andelaimed, 'and while t'h'e invenconstruction' disclosed lor suggestedherein, still for the purpose of illustrating fa practical embodimentthereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, iii vwhich likereference characters designate the' same 'parts in the seviria'l'viwsyand iii wliih .n Figure 1gis a view of "the structure of Fig."2. i i

Fig. 2 'is ya vertical see'tion on :the line Fig. 3 is a of Fig. 4. Fig.4 is vayer'ti'cal section' fon the linee-4 of Fig. 3. Y

Fig. 5 isa fragmentary view ofa'fstrip of material'to be applied te any'of the ybeehive 'struetures l Fig. 6V is a vertical sectional vview ofa 'further modieation. f Fig. 7 is a partial .plan-'view of the same.Fig. 8 is a plan #view ef vthe etfacture` or Fig'.9. "f1

Fig. 9 is a 'vertical section on the line vr9-"9 of rig. 8. 'j

Fig-10 is a lfrlot elevatonaof 'a further plan view fof the vvstructuremodieation; i

W Specfication of lLetters*Ilfalteiit. v Aii'piieuon meu october15,1918. serial N. 258,151.

vable finseetici'de orviscous material. 'commodity 1n any fdeslredjfformmay'fb'e .1 Figsfll isa 4verticalyseotion` of, the sameonithelinefll-tllg and i v Figs. 12fan'd are vertical views indicating;Evarious assemblages f employing the Patented Dee. "3,: 191s.

luiiits-suchfas are shown `in Figs. 10 and 11.

fIall forms of lmy improvementI provide holders orcontainers for eithera Ypoisonor a viscous substance, said" containers being 'madezpreferablyof `cheap strawboard Vor the Alilie ywhich may be procured at very' low00st,'fand whereby -thecontainers may be discarded Sor destroyed:frequently for sanitary purposes. :Furthermore 4in all forms of 'theinvention'theA holders orcontainers are. yso

designed 4that `a vfgreat vmany units thereof inay be closely `nested orassembled forstor- -age or transportation purposes, which factfurthermore adds to `the 'rlheapness of the z:

supply.

in niger and 2 renew-a device whichV lmay be described as inthe formof abeehlve or approximately "co'incal, the same other atrlnulary troughsVor ledgesv 17 eaychupl 4coniprising a trough shaped base 415 of anfperledge being smaller in diameter than they ynext ,lower ledgeandhaving a subltantiaflfly vertical or cylindrical inner. lwall 18preferably provided with ta multiplicity of holes 19. Thisform"ofstructuretermi# nates in an apex 20whi`ch is rpreferably imvperforate. .i A vdevice made lin' accordance with y'this disclosure isadapted to receive upon its outer'loreupperfsurface any ysuit- Suchdumped for .pouredfupon the a'p'eXQO whence it will flow or' falldownfinto -orfover all being l1**etai1'1`ed 1in the Vtroughs' formedv bysuoli ledges. The gutter: 15j Ybeing of rela'- `tively large capacity isadapted `t0 receive and'retain any overflow ofsuch material overtheledg'es' 17. The structure' just referred to 'obviously may be'placed or V'stood 'at anyde'sreil place, or'it may be suspended like a"bird Cage by attaching a string or wir@ Seither' 15o-'the apex 'orother'portionl thereof'through the holes19. When the device becomescharged/with insects or 'other'- 'of v:the various' ledges 17, "portions`thereof wiseunsami-tary-it-lmayfreadily be eonsi'gned y to the .flamesand a fresh one substituted therefon.

In lFigs. 3 ands in place oftheannular independent ledges 17 theconicall structure is formed with a spiral ledge 17 either vwith orwithout perforatins 'therethrough7 but similar to the structure of Fig.2 it is pro- ,y

vided with a gutter at the botto'mhavin'g feet. 1,6 yand terminatinginan apexl 2O at y the top. lThe spiral ledge 17 is peculiarly" adapted toreceive andhold aistrip of-V adhesive 21 or a strip of material such aspaper v adapted to `loecharged #with poison-or a *I viscous materialeither before Drafterl apfplying f it to the z-`conical holder. f As".indicated in Fig. 5 the strip .may beprovided with endhooks 22T-whereby`it may -be fastened. Vafter being applied to the holder.

` Obviouslythese hooks maybe provided with sharp points adapted to project through any of the yholes 19` provided `in the holder` or the pointsmay beA sharp'enough tostick like pins into vthe strawboardf structureof Awhich theholder ispreferably composed.' The gutterl servespurposesfin thisform of theinventionsilnilar to thosein Fig. 2.y Y}-In'Figs'.'6 andl 7 the"coni'cal"holder includes `a gutter .15,y asuccessionl'of spiral "f ledges 17a, and an apex'20.' The ledges,however, are provided with pits 23' preferably `without perforationsalthough the'` vertical walls 18 thereof might beperforated ifudesired.'These pits 23 are peculiarly adapted to hold. a liquid poison oraviscousv lioluidV `that may be poured over, vthe VconicalV holder vfromthe apex, ythe liquidi being adapted to liiow from the apex along thespiralv toward the gutter, small portions/ofthe substance being retainedinthe successive pits.

In Figs. 8V and 9'Iv show a'metalhc slt-{ele-y tn. comprising `:'two'interlocking partsr 24 fand 25each havinga pair/,ofv feet 16and forming.when interlocked at rightrangles' fin verticalzplanes a substantiallyconical base support.l The l,ledgeor `gutterV 15B" isv the l'argestbothin cross section and 'in'` diameter orskeleton'for a seriesof gutterslaand 1'?a all madeiasseparate units andadapted .to be supported 1nsuccession' upon theV skeleton and serves the same purpose as the gutter15 above described5'while 'the ledges '17'may smallerin capacityv aswell as'beingeither ,c fofvsm'aller radius toward4 theftop or apexloftl-ieifra-me.@TheseL gutters are' preferably g .m'jade of .paper,4 or-its equivalent; and" hence mayveasily be destroyed when' becomingfoul.I

`Theskeleton itself .being made of metal', -or

,its equivalent,1nay be sterilizedfbyfire or i hot water whenevervdesiredwithout damage. These lgutters 17? areV adapted toreceive #anysuitable insecticide orf-f". viscous 1`nater1al poured thereover fromthe to and the'g'ut- -ter 15a will` receive-anyfjover Qwforfsurplus 1::thereof., "f f f fother sheet material.

. connected design orform of insecticide holder yor container,thesamelbeingapproXimately liat or l'o'ar'iellv hap'edas' indicated as'awholeat 26 y stampedufromv'cheapstrawboard, paper, or i The mainportion of thefpa-neltf' is providedwith horizontal c ledges or `gutters17, the upstanding walls thereof 18b being shown as provided with amultiplicity of perforations 19 lwhich n iay be large and numerouslenough to transmit a lconsiderable.ampunt of light. At the top ofthepanel26 is provided an angularly deflectedl ange 27:.having :.one r ormore -large holes 28 YthroughY which fasteners, hooks, or the :like .mayb'e passed, and hence this de.-

,vice'f is adapted to be lsupported orhung from. a-'nail driveninfthewalll or window g frame, foi-'it may be suspended fromfa wire orvcord,'while the insecticide" may be poured or placed into the gutters17,- At the bottom is'provided alargegutter15P` to catch the surplus ofsuch material. A

jIn rig. 1a I how an. assemblages 'the panel units 26,- a pluralitylofgthefsame being shown connected through `.the anges 27 to Vajcrownpiece 29 which maybe made of tm,

cheap paper,'or other suitable sheet material c stamped otr-pressed intothe form "indicated,

crown pieceincludes: avertical outer ange 31 between whichland the cup30 is a ,conicalr wall 32;' Asindicated lthe crown piece 1s .7.

square' in planviewand so adapted to have vthereto four of the units 26.The bottoms ofthe gutters .15b so; constitute the feet upon whichtheassvemblage may be supported. Y

YIn, Fig. 18 thel severalfunits' 2,6l areshown I supported'up'on af'basepiece 29%having characteristics similar to the, crownv piece 2:9`.1ncluding a cup 30a at' thetop. i Instead, hoW- ever, of the-*flangedends 27 beingsecuredto Y 'purposes andV all made orproduced at avery lowcost. Y

I jclaim:

1.- In an insect-destroyer, a holder formed of thin cheap sheet materialandi-having formed therein a succession ofi-liquid Ycontaining members,and havinga gutteralong its lower end-.-to frece1ve any overflow of 2.In an insect destroyer, a holder stamped and having therein asuccessionoffl liquid containing depressions;thelgeneral form ofthestructure being'conical, andgafgutter ar- I or :pressed from V-thincheap; sheet material :i 1;k

ranged adjacent to the bottom of the struc- 4. The herein describedinsect destroyer ture to receive any overflow of liquid from comprisinga rigid conical structure, the in- 10 the containers above it. clinedsurface of which is stamped, and hav- 3. In an insect destroyer, aliquid or ing means extending around the same to 5 poison holdercomprising a succession of lhold and support a poisonous or viscousstepped ledges arranged in a general inclinaliquid. tion With respect tothe Vertical, andmeans to support the same in operative position.FREDERICK PFEIFFER, SENIOR.

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